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Show Director Releases More About New Rent Control Law Sleeping rooms . in- rooming and boarding houses are still under rent control, Area Rent Director Fred E. Ray advised tpday in answer to questions Risked since the new Housing and Rent Act became effective on July j, Roomers in rooming houses are provided with the same pro tection under rent controls that apply to all other tenants living liv-ing in rent-controlled accommodations, accommo-dations, the area rent director said. This means that maximum rents for such rooms remain just where they were on June 30, 1947. It also means that a landlord and a roomer, if they wish.may enter into a written lease increasing in-creasing the maximum rent up to, but not more than, 15 per cent, provided the lease meets all requirements of the new act, including the requirements that the signing must be voluntary and the lease must permit the tenant to keep possession of the room, at the agreed on rental until the end of next year, 1948. The rent director called particular par-ticular attention to the fact that operators of motor courts and of tourist homes serving transient trans-ient guests exclusively must file 'applications for decontrol with the area rent office. The application must be filed not later than 30 days after July 1, 1947, or within 30 days of the date when the accommodations are first rented, whichever is later. Application forms are obtainable ob-tainable at the rent office. "If there is doubt as to how a particular establishment is affected by the new law and regulation," Mr. Ray said, "the decontrol application will help clear up the matter. In all cases this application procedure will give the rent office a chance to check decontrol actions against the requirements of the new law and the regulation. A check of this sort is in the best interests of all parties." |